Books on Coaching

When Co-Active Coaching was first released in 1998, this pioneering work set the stage for what has become a cultural and business phenomenon and helped launch the profession of coaching. Required reading in many professional development and university-based executive coaching programs, and the go-to guide used by thousands to elevate their communication, relationship and coaching skills, Co-Active Coaching became a perennial best-seller of the training and development industry.

Now the release of the newly revised third edition marks the 20th anniversary of both the coaching profession and the first coaching courses taught by the authors, the founders ofThe Coaches Training Institute (CTI), the oldest and largest in-person coach training school in the world.

“With its third updated edition, Co-Active Coaching remains the bible of coaching guides,” says Stephen R. Covey, best-selling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. “Written with a powerful, distinctive approach, no other book gives you the tools, the skills and the fundamentals needed to succeed in these delicate relationships.”

The third edition features an array of new material:

• The expanded vision of the newly updated Co-Active Model
• How to use the material in leadership management and throughout organizations
• An on-line toolkit with updated coaching tools that replaces the CD of the last edition
• New coaching demonstrations
• 35+ updated exercises, questionnaires, checklists and reproducible forms

The Co-Active Model featured in Co-Active Coaching has always encompassed a philosophy, a methodology, a skill set and a communication form that balances self-awareness, relationship intelligence and courageous action so people can be deeply fulfilled, connected to others and successful in what matters most. The Co-Active Model is the foundation of all the courses taught by CTI, and it is being applied in business, education, medicine, government, communities and families around the world.